Chapter 784: The Nature of America
Whiteman Air Force Base.
"Colonel, A10 has arrived in Odessa, please see the footage transmitted back from the scene!"
The sound of the staff officer's report sounded next to Colonel Edward, and the colonel, who was looking down at a document, immediately raised his head, and the scene was clearly displayed on the huge screen in front of him, on the stretching highway, under the escort of a large number of police cars, a lone star heavy truck was moving forward smoothly, but the steel plate on the top of the truck blocked the picture below, and the terrifying weapon could not be seen from a high altitude.
"Switch screen!"
The staff officer said.
Immediately after that, there was an additional one on the screen, which was sent back by a helicopter, and the image taken from the side appeared with the big Ivan with a sickle, a hammer and a Khrushchev head.
"Is this a ghost from hell?"
Colonel Edward smiled wryly.
It was clear that this sign evoked his memories very far away, too far away, so far that he thought that he would never be reminded of it again in this life, but now it had become an American nightmare again, and even he could hear the familiar melody, and it was clear that the guy who was said to be an alien invader was playing the accompaniment, and the majestic music that became clearer and clearer in his memory made him feel as if he had returned to his student days, to the time when he was once covered by a dark cloud of 20,000 nuclear bombs, Back to the time when the red sky was suppressed.
He took a deep breath.
"Blow up that bridge!"
He said, pointing to a small bridge in front of the truck.
Then two black dots appeared in his field of vision, then changed from large to small, and in the blink of an eye melted into the color of the ground, and the next moment two flames rose, and the bridge across a small stream was reduced to pieces.
The truck immediately slowed down and quickly stopped in front of the broken bridge, the door opened, the people inside stepped out of the car, raised their heads and raised their middle fingers to the sky, and walked straight to the side of the road, and then a strange scene appeared, with his steps, the original sand and grass ground instantly condensed into concrete, and continued to extend to the stream......
"Colonel, fire or not!"
The staff officer asked, horrified.
Colonel Edward shook his head, if it really detonated they would also be buried together, Whiteman Air Force Base was only fifty kilometers away from there!
"A10 for high-explosive bombs to destroy the front of the car!"
He said suddenly.
"Don't use armor-piercing bullets!"
He then added.
The armor-piercing shell will be completely finished as soon as it hits Big Ivan, and the shell that penetrates the shell will detonate the detonating charge inside with high temperature, although modern explosives are not so easy to detonate, but the 30-mm armor-piercing shell is not a bullet!
A fire whip immediately whipped behind Yang Feng.
However, the shells exploded on the roof of the car, and one of them exploded on the roof of Big Ivan's compartment, which made Colonel Edward tremble subconsciously.
"He's got a bulletproof plate!"
The staff officer said.
Colonel Edward was silent.
At this time, Yang Feng had already completed the road repair, stretched out his middle finger at them, and the return truck quickly drove over the creek back to the highway to continue moving forward, those police cars that were actually more like seeing off were silently parked behind, they did not have the wading depth of the heavy trucks on both sides of the exhaust pipe, the heavy trucks could pass, and they definitely couldn't pass.
"Go on, all the bridges in front of him will be blown up in advance!"
Colonel Edward said.
"Colonel, this can't stop him, all the way all the way to the Missouri River, almost all the way to this kind of small stream, even the Lamine River may not be able to stop him."
The staff officer said.
"All we have to do is slow him down, his two-hour crossing of Missouri and the twenty-four hour crossing of Missouri are completely different, as for how to deal with him......"
Colonel Edward said faintly, "Do you think a colonel is qualified to make decisions?" ”
He really didn't qualify.
"Erik, you should trust the experts, even if this big Ivan is indeed connected to his heartbeat as the demon said, this problem is not difficult to solve, we first blow up the bridge over the Missouri River to trap him, and then negotiate with him first to see what he wants, in the end he must have another purpose, the federal government will satisfy him, but the most important thing now is to make him stop."
On the big screen in Missouri State Capitol Hall in Jefferson City, His Excellency the President was speaking with sincerity on his face.
Of course, none of them are fools here.
"Your Excellency, if that is the case, it is not the same everywhere, so why do you have to keep him in Missouri? We believe that in order to show our sincerity, we should not block his progress, but should open the way for him, otherwise it will not be good if it causes him to misunderstand, after all, this kind of thing cannot be risky. ”
One lawmaker preemptively said.
The state legislators behind him chimed in.
They are all old foxes, of course, they know that for the federal government, whether it is negotiation or force, this guy must be left in a place that causes as little harm as possible, Missouri with a population of 6 million and New York with a population of 20 million, the empty farmland in the west and the factories in the east, which is the most suitable to abandon, needless to say, one less Midwest agricultural state in the United States has no substantial impact on the economy, but one less New York state is really over. Originally, Kansas was the best option, they had to be more empty than Missouri, but the Kansas were too cunning and insidious enough to dump this scourge on them, but they couldn't be wronged, they had to dump the next one, and they had to send this Big Ivan out of Missouri anyway, and they had to do it no matter how the federal government solved it.
Who is not afraid of this thing here?
If it had exploded, the entire state of Missouri would have been wiped off the map, and all six million people would have been wiped to ashes.
He must be sent away anyway.
"Councillor Thomas, there is no suitable terrain to the east."
The president said.
"No, I think the mountains of West Virginia are more suitable for trapping him than here, we all looked at the picture in front of us just now, this demon has a strong superpower to open a path in the river, even if we blow up the bridge on the Missouri River, it may not be able to stop his advance, not to mention that he can change the route, can we blow up all the bridges on the Missouri River? We have to be responsible for the property of the people, and it is extremely irresponsible to the taxpayers to blow up bridges that cost so much money when it is not necessary, but the mountains of West Virginia are different, as long as the mountain roads are blown up in the right places, he can be completely trapped. ”
Congressman Thomas said.
As for the explosion of a 50-million-ton equivalent of Big Ivan in West Virginia, will the dust of nuclear radiation make the whole of New England doomed......
It's none of his business.
Anyway, it won't hurt Missouri if it's that far.
"Councillor Thomas, what if this demon drove his car over the bridge over the Missouri River and blew off the front and rear decks? Not the same can trap him completely? ”
The president said.
"Your Excellency, as I said, we must be accountable to the taxpayers, and the construction of that bridge cost a lot of money, and we will never allow it to be blown up like this."
"The federal government can pay for that."
"This, this is different, this bridge is a symbol of Missouri, the people of Missouri have a deep affection for it, we will never allow it to be blown up unnecessary, you have just said, the federal government will reply to him satisfied, since this is even more unnecessary to blow up the bridge, our principle is still to let him pass normally, this is also the decision of the six million people of Missouri."
"Congressman Thomas, in order to make up for the loss of feelings of the people of Missouri, the federal government will provide 10 billion in compensation to the Missouri government."
"It's not something that money can make up for."
Congressman Thomas, what if the federal government had to blow up the bridge?
"Your Excellency, the people of Missouri have the right to defend their property, and if necessary, the Missouri National Guard will block the bridge, and the Missouri Air Chinese Guard F15 fighter jets will deter any attempt to encroach on us."
The governor, who had not spoken, said suddenly.
There was silence in the room.
"Eric, we're all Americans!"
His Excellency the President said in a solemn tone.
"Yes, but we're Missourians first!"
The governor said.
"Your Excellency President, let's make it clear, you can't be sure if this guy's conditions will be met, it's clear that the federal government has something to hide from us, you don't say it now, we're not interested in it, but we won't allow you to keep this thing in Missouri, it's a problem with the federal government, not ours, so we'll let it pass." If the federal government tries to destroy property belonging to the people of Missouri without the consent of the Missouri Legislature, then we will defend ourselves, we are a union, and the people of Missouri are Missourians first and then Americans. ”
Congressman Thomas said from the sidelines.
"Councillor Thomas, do you want to rebel?"
The president said with a gloomy face.
"No, we are following the Constitution, and the federal government is acting unconstitutionally!"
Congressman Thomas said.
The president was silent.
His Excellency is right, the federal government bombed the state without the consent of the state legislature is unconstitutional, as a federal state states have the right to defend themselves in such a situation, this kind of thing is not without precedent, the federal army has fought an armed confrontation with the National Guard in Little Rock for the issue of black school enrollment, although the federal government won in the end, but it means that the state government has the right to use force when needed.
If the Federation does fight, it will be a civil war.
"Congressman Thomas, what he wants is a machine that is at least a hundred years ahead of current technology, that's his, we captured it, and our research has entered a critical stage, this is the future of the United States, you should take care of the overall situation, after all, the people of Missouri can be evacuated, and the federal government will compensate you."
The president said in a pleading tone.
The tone you used was more emphasis.
"And then? We were shot and killed? ”
The governor sneered.
Indeed, if they really dare to agree, I am afraid that they will be shot to death by angry people in a few days, at this time, the helicopter of the TV station has begun to broadcast the scene of the scene, and even the streets outside are already on the streets. Besides, 10 billion is a lot? How much can be given to him? Will it be cashed out? In this way, it seems that his tens of thousands of acres of farmland are more reliable!